January 13, 2020
Middle East and North AfricaThe U.S. secretary of state appears to have one foot out the door—and that’s exactly what U.S. diplomats have been waiting for.
January 3, 2020
IranThe assassination of Qassem Suleimani may have been legally justifiable but was not strategically prudent.
November 11, 2019
Treaties and AgreementsThe U.S. abdications of the Covenant of the League of Nations and the Paris climate accords may be remembered as bookends to the American century.
November 5, 2019
GlobalIntroduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a centr…
December 7, 2018
Financial MarketsSubjective pricing and a tradition of anonymity make it attractive to money launderers.
November 29, 2018
CybersecurityWhen the Democratic National Committee realized they had been hacked in April 2016, they turned to experts from a private company: the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Within a day, the company had id…
October 25, 2018
IranAt many banks, Nov. 5 will be a scary day. That’s when broad U.S. sanctions are set to be re-imposed on Iran, thereby placing new pressure on its struggling economy and increasing the regime’s desper…
September 10, 2019
Election 2020The Democratic and Republican presidential contenders have begun defining their approach to major foreign policy issues as they jockey for position in their parties’ primaries.
May 8, 2019
ChinaThis tracker shows how the Belt and Road Initiative has changed countries’ bilateral economic relationships with China over time.
April 30, 2019
TradeU.S. president struggling to squeeze tough deal out of Japan.
